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Following social media use guidelines will ensure pharmacists do not fall foul of professional standards.

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Following social media use guidelines will ensure pharmacists do not fall foul of professional standards.

Learning and CPD

Patients with end-stage renal disease require renal replacement therapy, such as dialysis, to replace the function of the kidneys. Patients will require clinical management to provide a number of small functions. In the image, a patient receives dialysis

Dialysis: managementSubscription

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How to identify and manage potential complications and challenges presented by haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

Dialysis involves passing the patient’s blood against a semi-permeable membrane. The main options are haemodialysis (HD) pictured, using a dialysis machine and peritoneal dialysis (PD), which uses the patient’s peritoneum

Dialysis: principles and treatment optionsSubscription

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How to choose between haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis when starting renal replacement therapy.

In the image, a colour x-ray of a coronary artery with Kawasaki disease, a type of vasculitis. Vasculitis is a collection of rare diseases characterised by the inflammation of blood vessel walls.

Managing ANCA-associated vasculitisSubscription

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Treatment of vasculitis associated with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies requires immunosuppressive therapies and close monitoring of the patient to manage toxicity.

Update

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), pictured, has approved palbociclib for metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women under its accelerated approval programme

Clinical Pharmacist's monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past monthSubscription

What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.

Career development

Pharmacists were able to apply for a clinical doctoral research Fellowships from the National Institute for Health Research for the first time in 2014, giving them access to funding for an applied healthcare project.

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Pharmacists were able to apply for clinical doctoral research Fellowships from the National Institute for Health Research for the first time in 2014, giving them access to funding for an applied healthcare project. With applications for 2015 now open, experts on the process share their advice.

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Clinical Pharmacist cover - March 2015

March 2015, Vol 7, No 2

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Choosing between haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis and identifying potential complications.

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